FOR the November 16 election in Ondo state, a youth-led electoral reform project, YERP-Naija of the New Generation Girls and Women Development Initiative (NIGAWD), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit election results online at every stage.
The Ondo state coordinator of the group, who made this call, said apart from reducing unnecessary electoral issues, it would enhance the electoral body’s processes in the conduct of free and fair elections.
Bamigboye who made this call during team’s visit to the Ondo state chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), at the NUJ Press Centre, Akure, stressed the need for the peaceful exercise and for the voice of the people to be heard.
Calling on youth to shun vote trading, the Ondo state Coordinator, Youth-led Electoral Reform Project, ‘YERP-Naija’, however, noted that unethical and illegal practices undermine the democratic process in the country.
“NIGAWD is implementing the Youth-led Electoral Reform (YER) Southwest advocacy project titled Supporting Youth to Lead Electoral Reform Efforts in the six states in the Southwest part of Nigeria.
“The project seeks to lead multi-stakeholder engagement leading to advocacy for electoral reform at the national and subnational levels to address the gaps observed during the 2023 elections.
“This project is being carried out by NIGAWD in order to encourage young people in Ondo state to participate fully in the forthcoming governorship election.
“We are here to call on you people, journalists to help us use your media platforms to support the youth priority recommendations with national and state assembly members to share our recommendations with them either via WhatsApp and ensure that these recommendations are reflected in the final outcome of the review.
“We also encourage media practitioners to help us publicize YERP-Naija recommendations,” she said.
The Ondo NUJ chairman, Leke Adegbite, commended the team for pushing out good things in the interest of society.
Adegbite pledged the support of the media professionals for smooth conduct of the governorship election in Ondo state.
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